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The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989
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- 1989 No. 364 (S. 40)
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Making and recovery of chargesS
2.—(1) Where a Health Board provides an overseas visitor with services forming part of the health service, that Health Board, having determined, by means of such enquiries as it is satisfied are reasonable in all the circumstances, including the state of health of that overseas visitor, that the case is not one in which these Regulations provide for no charge to be made, shall make and recover from the person liable under regulation 7 charges for the provision of those services.
(2) A Health Board which makes and recovers a charge in accordance with paragraph (1) shall give or send to the person making the payment a receipt for the amount paid.
[F1[F2(3) Where an overseas visitor receives an oral health assessment, dental examination, eye examination or sight test, the dental practitioner, ophthalmic medical practitioner or ophthalmic optician (as the case may be) providing those services having determined, by means of such enquiries as that person is satisfied are reasonable in all the circumstances, including the state of health of that overseas visitor, that the case is not one in which these Regulations provide for no charge to be made, shall make and recover from the person liable under regulation 7 charges for the provision of those services as such charges are determined by the Health Board.]
(4) A dental practitioner, ophthalmic medical practitioner or ophthalmic optician who makes and recovers a charge in accordance with paragraph 3 shall give or send to the person making the payment a receipt for the amount paid.]
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F1Reg. 2(3)(4) inserted (1.4.2006) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/141), regs. 1(1), 3
F2Words in reg. 2(3) substituted (6.10.2008) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/290), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
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